[Archive photo] BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): At least 31 people, including a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, were killed and 49 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq on Saturday, police said. In Sharqat, 280 km north of Baghdad, unidentified … Continued

Suspected Syrian rebels fired two rockets into east Lebanon Saturday, causing no casualties, state news reported, the latest in what has become almost daily shelling. Lebanon’s National News Agency said the rockets struck near a hospital a government hospital … Continued

The so-called Free Syrian Army has confirmed the appointment of its new chief, Brigadier General Abdel Ilah al-Bashir, after former head General Salim Idriss had initially refused to step down. The FSA confirmed “the dismissal of Idriss and the appointment … Continued

JALALABAD, (Xinhua): A powerful blast rocked eastern Jalalabad city killing a district governor and wounding five others on Saturday, a local official said. “A bomb blast targeted the vehicle of Nazian district governor this morning killing him on the spot … Continued

BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): At least nine people were killed and 29 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq on Friday, police said. Four people were killed and 18 others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded at a market in Tuz … Continued

Agencies: Saudi Arabia has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, official Saudi television reported citing a statement by the Interior Ministry. The Kingdom also ordered citizens fighting abroad to return within 15 days or face imprisonment TAssad, … Continued

[Archive Photo] BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): At least 22 people were killed and 97 others wounded in separate attacks across Iraq on Thursday, including a deadly bombing attack at a cafe in the eastern city of Baquba, police said. Four people were killed … Continued

By Fouad al-Ibrahim (Al-Akhbar): What is happening is far more than a spat and an ensuing withdrawal of ambassadors. It is a relentless war in every sense of the word, albeit a low-profile one. Neither side seems to be … Continued

A NATO airstrike has killed five Afghan soldiers in the country’s eastern Logar province. The military coalition confirmed to media it had “accidentally” killed the Afghan National Army personnel. “At 3:30 a.m. this morning, due to a NATO … Continued

A suspected US drone strike killed three people in northwestern Yemen on Wednesday, local officials said. The victims were traveling in a car in al-Jawf province when they were targeted, the officials said, adding that a local al-Qaeda leader, identified … Continued

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recalled their ambassadors from Doha on Wednesday in protest at Qatar’s interference in their internal affairs, they announced in a joint statement. The statement said the move came “to protect their security … Continued

(Al-Arab Online): Suicide bombers attacked the city council headquarters in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Tuesday, took employees hostage and eventually blew themselves up, killing a total of five people. The attack, which followed a similar operation last December, … Continued

Bahrain blacklisted three anti-government groups as terrorist organizations on Tuesday, a day after a bomb killed two local policemen and an officer from the United Arab Emirates, state news agency BNA said. The attack has raised fears of more violence … Continued

Three rockets allegedly fired by a jihadist group fighting in Syria struck East Lebanon on Tuesday, while Syrian helicopters fired five missiles at valleys on a border region, state news reported, one day following a similar set of attacks. The … Continued

By Nadim Al-Hamid Jeddah, (Arab News): Addicted to drugs and alcohol, men are divorcing wives, with 1,000 of such incidents taking place in Jeddah only, over the past two months, said a judge on Monday. Expressing his concern about … Continued

BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): A total of 703 Iraqis were killed in violent attacks in Iraq in February, according to a statement issued Saturday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The statement said that 564 civilians, including civilian police personnel, … Continued

Turkey’s parliament passed legislation to shut down private preparatory schools many of which are an important source of income and influence for an Islamic cleric Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accuses of running a covert campaign to topple him. Lawmakers late … Continued

BY Yazan al-Saadi Al-Akhbar: Kuwait continues to be the last bastion against the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Internal Security Pact, first proposed in 1982, revised in 1994, and finally signed by all the GCC interior ministers in 2012. At the heart … Continued

DAMASCUS, (Xinhua): The Syrian troops on Friday killed 20 armed rebels in a new ambush in the eastern countryside of Damascus, just a couple of days after eliminating more than 175 others in the same area, the official SANA news … Continued

At least 24 people were killed on Friday as Yemeni troops and allied Islamists engaged in heavy fighting with rebels in the north, tribal sources said. The fighting, in which soldiers aided by fighters from the Islamist Al-Islah party were … Continued

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.